Christine D. Priddy

CHRISTINE PRIDDY

Services for Christine Priddy, 99, of Gainesville are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Susan White Gary officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

Mrs. Priddy died May 2, 2008, at North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville.

She was born Sept. 20, 1908, in Cooke County to James Robert and Ida Davis Daniel. On July 21, 1929, she married Charles P. Priddy in Gainesville. She graduated from Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School in Gainesville in 1926 and was a homemaker well-known for her cooking talent. She was a member of the XLI Club, the Literary Department in Gainesville, as well as the Luncheon Book Club. She was formerly active in the First Baptist Church as a teacher in the children’s department and as a member of the sanctuary choir. At her death, Christine had the longest church membership of any church member.

Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Priscilla and Bob White of Carrollton; daughter-in-law, Marisa Priddy of Huntington Beach, Calif.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband on May 31, 1994; parents; son, Charles Priddy III on June 28, 2002; and by two brothers and three sisters.

Visitation is set from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church Activities Building.

Memorial contributions may be made to the music fund or the church library of First Baptist Church of Gainesville.